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LOUIS ROSENBAUM; OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

IRONING-NIACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 190'?.

Application led September 29, 1904. Serial No. 226,554.

which it appertains to make and use the same,

reference being had to the laccom anying drawings, formingpart of this specigcation, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved ironing machine; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof; and Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of the turn-buckle and its associate parts.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in ironing machines, the objects of the invention being, to rovid'e a strong and durable construction w erein the moving parts are subjected to a `minimum amount of wear and to provide a simple and efficient means of adjustment of the sad-ironcarrying lever relative to the ironing board.

With the above objects in view, this invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of the several parts, all as .will hereinafter be described and afterward pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, wherein like characters refer to like parts throughout the several views, 1--1 represent suitable standards or frames, which, together with the top 2, form a table. These standards are preferably held rigid by cross-pieces 3 and 3a, the framework being reinforced by angle-braces 4 4. The side frames 1-1 are also provided with inwardly-disposed-lugs 5 designed to bear upon and prevent the turning of said crosspieces 3 and 3a, thereby insuring a firm and strong structure.

6 indicates a pintle or hinge-lug which is secured at the rear edge of the top 2 at about the middle thereof. This lug is preferably held in place by a number of' bolts passing therethrough and through the top 2 and a plate 7 on the under side of the top 2 and being provided with nuts on their outer ends. 8 indicates a lever hinged in said lug 6 by means of a pintle 9. This lever has what I will term two membersthe up er member being designated by the numera 1() and the lower number by lthe numeral 11. The upper inner end of the member 10 is provided with lugs having alining openings, said lugs embracing and supporting an arm 12 whose outer end has an opening designed to aline with the openings in the lugs of member 10,

and through which openings passes a pintle 13. The inner end of arm 12 is provided with lugs for supporting a second arm 14 which carries the sad iron, as is usual. The lower member 11 of the lever 8 extends downwardly and forwardly under the top 2 .ofthe table to labout the center thereof.

15 indicates a brace or tie-plate, which eX- tends between the cross-pieces 3 and 3a and is secured thereto by any suitable means. The end of cross-piece 15 which is secured to the cross-piece 3 is provided with integral depending ears or'lugs 16, which have alining openings and between which is fulcrumed one end of a treadle 17 by means of a suitable bolt. This treadle 17 and the free end of member 11 of the lever 8 are connected together by an adjustable link 18, which link comprises a clevis 19 pivotally attached to the outer or free end of the member 11 of the lever 8, and a threaded rod 2O depending from said clevis.

21 is a threaded rod which is pivotally secured to the treadle 17, and these two threaded rods 20 and 21 are connected by a turn-buckle 22, the pitch of the threads on the rods 20 and 21, as is usual in turnbuckles, being oppositely disposed, that is right and left. 23 is a jam-nut which is preferably arranged on the rod 20 and is designed to vlock the turn-buckle against rotation when in its adjusted positions. The turn-buckle, as well as the jam-nut, are preferably provided with handles, whereby manipulation of the same is facilitated. The cross-piece 15 is provided with a parallel-sided slot 15,.

through which the link 18 (rod 21)4 asses,

Aand closely fits whereby a guide is ormed for the same and the treadle is held against lateral movement.

24 and 25 indicate retractable coiled springs, one end of each of which is secured t0 the under side of the table at a point in front of and beyond the connection of the treadle link and the free end of the member 11 While the other end of each of said springs engages lugs or lateral projections arranged lOO some little distance back from the i'ree end of the member 11 of the lever vS, the purpose of these springs being to hold the lever S,

when at rest, in such position as to elevate its carried arms and the sad iron.

In Fig. 1 ol the drawings I have illustrated an ironing-board suitably mounted upon the top of the table, but as this Jforms no part of my present invention, I deem it unnecessary to describe its construction, save to say that it i is of a height to correspond approximately with the lower edge of the sad iron which is universally mounted on the free end of arm 14.

It will be observed that by the use of the pintle 13 and the close fitting of the hingeportion of arm 12 in the supporting lugs on arm 10 of lever, a iirm, strong joint and support are provided for the arms 12 and 14 and the sad iron carried thereby, and that adjustment of the said iron relative to the ironing board is readily eiiiected by the novel means heretofore described, wherein, by loosening the jam-nut 23, the turn-buckle may be rotated in the proper direction to cause the lever 8 to raise or lower its carried sad iron, after which the jam-nut 28 is screwed home, and the parts locked in such adjusted positions. I also provide means in the form ofperforations 1'1PL and 17a in the free end of member 11 of lever 8 and in the treadle arm, respectively, whereby, should it be desired to increase the leverage of the machine, link 18 can be removed l'rom the Aposition illustrated in the drawings to have its bolts engage said perforations.

I am aware that minor changes in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of my machine may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without in the least departing from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In an ironing machine, the combination with a supporting frame, of a lever pivotally mounted thereon and having an upper and lower member, the upper member thereof being adapted to carry a sad iron, a clevis secured to the outer free end of the lower member of said lever and carrying` a depending threaded rod, a brace mounted on said frame and provided with integral depending lugs or ears and a parallel-sided slot, a treadle pivotally mounted in the depending lugs of said brace, a threaded rod pivotally connected to said treadle and passing up through and closelyiitting the slot in said brace and guided thereby to prevent lateral movement of said treadle, a turn-buckle engaging said threaded rods for adjusting the position of the lower member of said lever relative to said treadle and the position of the upper member of said lever relative to said supporting frame, said rods and their connections being also adjustable lon gitudinally of said treadle and lever for varying the leverage of the machine, and coiled springs securedto the lower member of said lever at a point back of its connection with the treadle rod and to said supporting frame at a point in front of and beyond said connection, said springs resisting the pull when applied on said treadle and tending at all times to hold the upper member of the lever away from said supporting frame.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS RGSEN BAUM.

Vitnesses MORRIS RosnNBAUM, JULIUs GU'r'rMANN. 

